Veneer-press



H. G. FRANCIS.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1918. I

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1918.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1918.

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VENEER-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 22, 1918. Serial No. 259,291.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY GRAN'i FRAL 01s, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of 820 North Harrison street, Rushville, in the county of Bush and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veneer-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to veneer presses, and it has for its object the improvement in construction of such devices whereby they are simplified and rendered more efficient in action.

The novelty of my invention consists in the combination and sub-combination of the parts as will be hereinafter set forth and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of such a press. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of two presses placed end to end. Fig. 3' is an end view showing the front bolts removed. Fig. 4 is a side view of the front bolt. A is the base and B the top of the press, the two secured to each other by tie rods or uprights C, C and C The rear rods C, C pass through pipes D, D and the channels E, E Both ends of the rods C. C, are threaded and provided with nuts C and C Washers E and E are also provided for the rods C, 0 The rods 0, C are passed through the channels E, E and pipes D, D the pipes having been placed between the channels E, E the washers and nuts are placed on the rods, the nuts screwed down holding the channels firmly in place. The channels E, E have secured to them by small bolts, I beams B and A A plate A is secured to the I beams A A to provide a support for the material to be pressed. Screws F are provided for placing pressure on the objects to be pressed. The removable rods C are provided with washers E and nuts C In the drawings only two removable rods are shown but any number can be provided according to the length of the press and the pressure to be exerted on the ends. In Fig. 3 it is clearly shown that the head frame is supported by two sets ofcombined columns and ties, arranged to sustain both compression and tension strains, located on one side of the longitudinal cen- Patented Jan. 13,192o.

ter line of the base, and act as supports for I the head frame, which will be in the form of a cantaliver. This construction makes several presses placed end to end readily accessible for an; length of stock and can be loaded and unloaded very quickly. The

operation of this invention may be explained as follows:' The front rods C are removed and the material placed on the platen of the press. The front rods 0 are placed back inposition on'the press'and pressure applied to the stock in the press. When the time for removing the material from the press arrives, the pressure is released, and rods C removed, when the stock can be readily taken from the press. Having now described this invention and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is Two or more veneer presses adapted to either conjoint or individual use, each comprising a base, a headframe, and two sets of combined columns and ties capable of sustaining both compression and tension strains arranged on one side of the longitudinal center line of the base and supporting thehead frame'in cantaliver fashion, pressure means carried by the cantaliver portion of the head frame and tension ties connecting the ends of the cantaliver portion to the base, but removable so that if two presses be placed end to end there will be no obstruction to the moving of long work laterally beneath the pressure devices.

HARRY GRANT FRANCIS. 

